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  1. johnarb

    Crypto Macro Trends for 2022

    BlockFi is no longer able to offer high yields (9% APY) to US residents but still available to non-US Celsius Network, Voyager, Nexo are all under investigations for offering their high yields on crypto assets Defi platforms deposits/lending are unaffected for now The Cefi companies for...
  2. johnarb

    Crypto Macro Trends for 2022

    I read somewhere that NFT's providing utility tokens (i.e. NFT worlds, Bears Deluxe, Sup ducks, CyberKongz, etc) may be considered as security and subject to SEC regulations NFT's that have no utility other than being creative art pieces might be safe from SEC SEC is the best protection for...
  3. johnarb

    BitConnect founder charged with orchestrating $2 billion Ponzi scheme

    Do you have any proofs? https://elitetrader.com/et/threads/hedge-high-interest-bitcoin-savings-account-with-short-bitcoin-futures.364513/#post-5532174
  4. johnarb

    Transferring BTC to IB

    Many here on ET say Coinbase margins will crash as the retail players, Robinhood, IB, eToro, Ameritrade, Charles Schwab, even PayPal get into the cryptos trading business What people do not understand is that in order to support cryptos assets deposits and withdrawals on the p2p, decentralized...
  5. johnarb

    Crypto Macro Trends for 2022

    I need to examine some of these stables play given they are lower risk of IL as long as you trust the other side of the LP (i.e. bullish on FTM) I like MIM as a stablecoin, saw on Solidex they are offering USDC-MIM 21% APR, which I have plenty of both but I'm just not focused or inclined to...
  6. johnarb

    Crypto Macro Trends for 2022

    Cryptos is a new financial system that is being created and evolving as we live and breathe today I wish I can everyone on ET that there's enormous opportunities due to the inefficiencies that exist in traditional finance and are being eliminated in decentralized finance through the use of...
  7. johnarb

    Crypto Macro Trends for 2022

    Well, I had just gotten out of Based about an hour ago. Lost about 30% of risk capital I saw Dao King's video on Snowy Owl today and moving to that degen play from Based, haha Other than that, I have quite a bit in stables (profits from 2omb play). Solidex looks interesting for parking some...
  8. johnarb

    BNY Mellon plans to launch digital asset custody platform later this year

    You're correct about me being in the US and that we have the advantage of a developed infrastructure for cryptos I posted about the major adoption and usage of cryptos in Africa, Palestine, Turkey and other places and I can imagine all the things you mentioned regarding the major importance of...
  9. johnarb

    BNY Mellon plans to launch digital asset custody platform later this year

    For regular people like us, it's no big deal, we can go to Coinbase and buy bitcoin and leave it there or withdraw to our own local wallet I read and heard (i.e. YouTube) that custody of assets is a very big deal for Institutional Investors, RIA's, FO's, wealth managers, pension funds, wealthy...
  10. johnarb

    BNY Mellon plans to launch digital asset custody platform later this year

    prolly nothing... https://cointelegraph.com/news/bny-mellon-plans-to-launch-digital-asset-custody-platform-later-this-year BNY Mellon plans to launch digital asset custody platform later this year The investment bank reportedly said it will begin with the United States and then expand...
  11. johnarb

    Questions About Bitcoin

    Why so hostile?
  12. johnarb

    Questions About Bitcoin

    I recommend running an Umbrel node since you get a Bitcoin core (taproot) and a lightning node over the TOR network, plus many built-in tools like your own blockchain explorer so you don't have to visit public blockchain explorerers tha may be collecting IP addresses If you run linux on an old...
  13. johnarb

    Crypto Crash coming..... ? ( op jan 5 btc 43k)

    OP of this thread has btc at $43K in the beginning of January Bitcoin needs to be above $50K again (imho) before we (crypto investors) can be confident again I think given the war and the possibility that the Fed folks are gonna pussy out of the rate hikes and QT and will turn the money...
  14. johnarb

    Crypto Crash coming..... ? ( op jan 5 btc 43k)

    I just bought a bitcoin. Caught some satoshis below $35k but most above
  15. johnarb

    Crypto Macro Trends for 2022

    Tomb lost peg all the time when I was in it. Their Discord says that's normal and how the protocol is supposed to work, above peg, at peg and below peg, then the mechanisms work to bring it back to peg and above, i.e. TBonds However, imho, it was always Harry's funds that would bring it back...
  16. johnarb

    Crypto Macro Trends for 2022

    I'm completely out of 2omb but may come back if the money printer comes back online :D I let a lot of $$$ profits get away, but it could have been so much worse I collected a lot of rewards that were not re-staked (compounded) for the past 10 days or so I was only on 2omb and it has been...
  17. johnarb

    Crypto Macro Trends for 2022

    *** Post is for entertainment purposes only Money printer has been turned off!! [for now, maybe temporary and printer will come online again] Last night, as 2omb was approaching peg, I cashed out a significant amount of the staked tokens Today, I'll be completely out of 2omb. Awesome...
  18. johnarb

    Crypto drop again, btc 37k, where next if Russia strikes?

    Congrats to you on your enormous gains shorting those names, Nobert!! PayPal? Affrm? Moderna? Zoom? Hood? Viacom? Docusign? Twillio? Roku? Redfin? Roblox? Seriously, you must have made many millions!! When everyone has been on a buy the dip over a decade long bull market, you somehow knew...
  19. johnarb

    Up in Canada, beside the weather, the Freedom Convoy's crypto wallets also got frozen

    I'm not Canadian so you do not have to move the goal posts for me I'm glad that you're proud and fully support the efforts of your government It's weird you did not make a comment on the video about the Calgary protesters? How come you did not make a comment on the beatdown of the protester...
  20. johnarb

    Crypto drop again, btc 37k, where next if Russia strikes?

    No, the context is that he was being sarcastic that stocks are down more than cryptos. See for yourself below It's interesting that you do not think the Fed tightening is the reason we're in a bear market territory in the stock market, names as diverse as Moderna, Redfin, PayPal, Affirm...
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